Breaking: Centre notifies appointment of Justice KM Joseph as Supreme Court...
Nearly eight months after the recommendation was made, the saga surrounding elevation of Justice KM Joseph to Supreme Court has finally attained closure. The Central government has notified his...
View ArticleFirst time in its 68-year history, Supreme Court to have three Sitting Woman...
With Justice Indira Banerjee set to take charge as Supreme Court judge, the Supreme Court will have three woman judges on the Bench simultaneously for the first time in its sixty-eight years of...
View ArticleKM Joseph J. and Seniority controversy – Uncharted territory and why the MoP...
The controversy surrounding elevation of Justice KM Joseph hardly seems to die down. It was expected that after the Central government cleared the appointment of Justice Joseph, the issue had been put...
View ArticleSupreme Court notifies Senior Designation Guidelines (ten months after its...
The Supreme Court has notified the guidelines for designation of lawyers and advocates-on-record as Senior Advocates. This comes pursuant to the directions contained in its own judgment in this regard...
View Article“You are officers of the court, whatever you say reflects on us”, Supreme...
The case relating to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was slated to be heard on August 16. However, when the matter was listed for today, it came as a surprise to many. But the first twenty...
View ArticleSupreme Court imposes exemplary costs of rupees two crore on fraudulent...
A division bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao has imposed exemplary costs of rupees two crores on the Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences. The...
View ArticleContempt petition against Prashant Bhushan, Aaj Tak, Times Now for...
A contempt petition has been filed in Supreme Court against advocate Prashant Bhushan and News channels, Aaj Tak and Times Now for allegedly making reckless imputations against the judiciary. The...
View ArticleVerify VVPAT with Counted Votes in 10 percent polling stations in each...
A petition has been filed in Supreme Court by Congress leader and Member of Parliament, Kamal Nath praying that VVPAT slips be verified with votes counted in at least 10 percent randomly selected...
View ArticleJudicial Appointments: Supreme Court Collegium sends back names of seven...
The Supreme Court Collegium has remitted the names of seven lawyers from three different High Courts to the Chief Justices. The three High Courts are Calcutta, Gujarat and Bombay. The resolutions to...
View ArticleFast Track Judges appointed on ad hoc basis eligible for Pension, Gratuity,...
The Supreme Court today held that lawyers appointed as Additional District Judges (Fast Track Court) on ad hoc basis are eligible for pension and gratuity. The judgment was delivered by a Bench of...
View ArticleSC directs all Legal Services Authorities to extend video conferencing...
In a significant direction, the Supreme Court today ordered Legal Services Authorities of all States to extend video conferencing facility for accused lodged in jail in criminal cases to interact with...
View ArticleWhat the Supreme Court ruled on Insurer’s liability when Driving Licence is...
The Supreme Court today reiterated that the mere fact that the driving licence of a driver, who was involved in an accident, is fake, would not per se, absolve the insurer of liability. Only if the...
View ArticlePictorial Warnings on Tobacco Products here to stay as Stay by SC on...
The stay on the judgment of the Karnataka High court, which had quashed the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2014 (2014 Rules), was made “absolute” by...
View Article‘Some elements trying to weaken the judiciary, must not succumb to them’, CJI...
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today said that certain elements are trying to weaken the judiciary but “we must not succumb to them”. Delivering his address on Independence day after unfurling the...
View ArticleAnother Hadiya? Muslim man who converted to Hinduism moves SC for release of...
The Supreme Court of India has taken up a case that draws parallels with the Hadiya case, which had made international headlines. A Habeas Corpus petition has been filed by one Mohd Ibrahim Sidhiqui...
View ArticleWhat Supreme Court ruled on criteria for domicile to avail State Quota in...
The Supreme Court yesterday held that it is permissible for States to lay down “essential educational requirements” as regards domicile and residence for admission under State quota to Medical, Dental...
View ArticleNo requirement to lead evidence under Section 34 of Arbitration Act, Supreme...
The Supreme Court today held that an application under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) for setting aside an arbitral award will not ordinarily require anything...
View ArticleNo NOTA for Rajya Sabha Elections, rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today ruled that the None of The Above (NOTA) option cannot be made applicable for voting in Rajya Sabha elections. The judgment was delivered by a Bench of Chief Justice of India...
View ArticleCandidates contesting elections should disclose Criminal Antecedents on...
Candidates contesting elections should disclose their criminal antecedents on banners and posters very much like tobacco products are mandated to have pictorial warnings. This was the suggestion by...
View ArticleWhat the Supreme Court ruled on Right of an Employee to seek Voluntary...
The Supreme Court today held that whether voluntary retirement is automatic or an order is required to be passed to effect the same would depend upon the phraseology used in the particular rule under...
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